A Corpus-Based Study of Projection in English from the Systemic Functional Perspective
Author : Man Guo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 48,77 MB
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ISBN : 9819750946
Absolute Clauses in English from the Systemic Functional Perspective
Author : Qingshun He
Publisher : Springer
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 26,43 MB
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3662463679
Book Description
This book focuses on the structural diversity, semantic variability, case choice, stylistic characteristics and diachronic distribution of English absolute clauses. The syntactic roles assumed by absolute clauses in the traditional sense can be categorized into clausal adjuncts, attendant circumstances and appositives. These three types of function correspond to the three hypotactic expansions in the relation system of clause complexes in Systemic Functional Linguistics, i.e., elaboration, extension and enhancement. This research, therefore, redefines absolute clauses in the framework of SFL and proposes four syntactic types of absolute clauses: absolute paratactic clauses (elaboration), absolute hypotactic clauses (extension and enhancement), absolute projected clauses (fact and act) and absolute embedded clauses (subject). Based on the Brown family corpora, BNC and COHA, this research finds that different function types of absolute clauses differ in terms of their stylistic and diachronic distributions, and both nominative and accusative cases are acceptable.
A Corpus-Based Approach to Clause Combining in English from the Systemic Functional Perspective
Author : Qingshun He
Publisher : Springer
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,55 MB
Release : 2019-05-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9811373914
Book Description
This book presents corpus-based research on functional syntax. It is the first book to present a comprehensive investigation into grammatical metaphor in English clause combining in large-size corpora. By providing a systematic illustration of features such as parataxis, hypotaxis and embedding, it fills a gap in the systemic functional literature. It also offers insights into testing grammatical metaphors using a corpus linguistics methodology. The book is a useful resource for anyone interested in writing development.
A Corpus-based Contrastive Study of the Appraisal Systems in English and Chinese Scientific Research Articles
Author : Xu Yuchen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 10,13 MB
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1000514226
Book Description
Appraisal is the way language users express their attitude towards things, people, behaviour or ideas. In the last few decades, significant achievements have been made in Appraisal Theory research, yet little attention has been paid to appraisal in scientific texts, especially in relation to the contrast to how it is applied in English and Chinese. This title examines the similarities and differences of Appraisal systems in English and Chinese scientific research articles. Using a self-constructed corpus of scientific research articles, the authors make cross-linguistic comparisons in terms of the quantity and distribution patterns of categories of appraisals. They creatively categorise articles into theoretical scientific research articles and applied studies and discover that for both languages, each genre can have its own favorite mode of distribution for the realization of appraisal systems. In addition, this research helps appraisal theory systems to become more explicit, specific, and more applicable for the analysis of scientific research articles. Students and scholars of applied linguistics, comparative linguistics and corpus linguistics will find this an essential reference.
Perspectives from Systemic Functional Linguistics
Author : Akila Sellami-Baklouti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 41,69 MB
Release : 2018-04-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1315299852
Book Description
This innovative collection brings together contributions from established and emerging scholars highlighting the "appliability" of Systemic Functional Linguistics and the ways in which theoretical and analytical conclusions drawn from its applications can inform and advance the study of language. The book discusses SFL’s theoretical foundations and development in recent years to demonstrate its evolution into a more effective analytical tool. Building on this theoretical framework, the volume showcases the theory’s applications in case studies exploring four sub-disciplines of language study: multilingual studies; translation studies; language learning and language teaching; and genre analysis. This all-inclusive volume demonstrates both Systemic Functional Linguistics’ efficacy as a means of theoretical analysis, but also its value as a unique approach to the study of language and meaning, making this an indispensable resource for researchers and scholars in applied linguistics, discourse analysis, genre studies, translation studies, and multilingualism.
A Comparative Study on the Translation of Detective Stories from a Systemic Functional Perspective
Author : Yan Wang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 14,96 MB
Release : 2020-08-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9811575452
Book Description
This book presents a corpus-based investigation of verbal projection in detective stories and their translations. Adopting both diachronic and synchronic approaches to compare two different Chinese translations, the book is one of the first attempts to conduct a comprehensive lexico-grammatical, logico-semantic and rhetorical, as well as contextual analysis of verbal projection in the Chinese context, especially the classical Chinese language context. Further, it studies the differences and similarities of different translators’ choices from both diachronic and synchronic perspectives. Given its scope, the book is relevant for all those interested in functional linguistics, translation studies and detective stories.
Critical Discourse and Corpus Approaches to Systemic Functional Grammar
Author : Chenguang Chang
Publisher : Cuvillier Verlag
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,41 MB
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3736963475
Book Description
The present volume draws on the experience of the Workshop held in Germany in late 2018 to combine the specialisations of the two linguistic research teams of the two partner universities, Sun Yat-sen University in China and Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany. It combines more theoretical approaches by experienced scholars and case studies by young researchers on topics and texts on current Chinese developments. The contributions can also serve as a general model for open and critical international and intercultural academic discourse.
Signalling Nouns in English
Author : John Flowerdew
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 22,26 MB
Release : 2015-01-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1316123340
Book Description
Signalling nouns (SNs) are abstract nouns like 'fact', 'idea', 'problem' and 'result', which are non-specific in their meaning when considered in isolation and specific in their meaning by reference to their linguistic context. SNs contribute to cohesion and evaluation in discourse. This work offers the first book-length study of the SN phenomenon to treat the functional and discourse features of the category as primary. Using a balanced corpus of authentic data, the book explores the lexicogrammatical and discourse features of SNs in academic journal articles, textbooks, and lectures across a range of disciplines in the natural and social sciences. The book will be essential reading for researchers and advanced students of semantics, syntax, corpus linguistics and discourse analysis, in addition to scholars and teachers in the field of English for academic purposes.
An Introduction to Functional Grammar
Author : M.A.K. Halliday
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 31,82 MB
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1444119087
Book Description
This third edition of An Introduction to Functional Grammar has been extensively revised. While retaining the organization and coverage of the earlier editions, it incorporates a considerable amount of new material.
Reconnecting Form and Meaning
Author : Caroline Gentens
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 50,29 MB
Release : 2023-02-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027254494
Book Description
This volume is intended as a celebration of Kristin Davidse’s work and its impact within the broad traditions of cognitive, functional and usage-based grammars. Reflecting this wide functionalist lens, the contributions develop ideas central to Neo-Firthian theories of grammar (in particular, Semiotic Grammar and SFL), the Prague School, Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG), and broader cognitive-functional (e.g. Construction Grammar) and usage-based approaches (e.g. Entrenchment-and-Conventionalization theory, corpus-based sociolinguistics). The range of topics addressed makes the volume particularly relevant to linguists investigating information structure, construction grammar, functional discourse grammar, spatial deixis, pronoun and case systems, and/or the semantics of verbal constructions.
